Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001)
Earnhardt died in a last-lap crash at Daytona International Speedway
while driving in the 2001 Daytona 500. He has been inducted into
numerous halls of fame, including the inaugural class of the NASCAR
Hall of Fame.
1976
Actress Michelle Marie Pfeiffer made her film debut in 1980 in
The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention
with her performance in Scarface (1983).
Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992)
Jack Shea ( August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013)
Jack Shea, a TV comedy director for more than four decades who directed
ten Bob Hope overseas Christmas specials and multiple episodes of such
sitcoms as The Jeffersons, Silver Spoons and Sanford and Son, has died
from complications from Alzheimer’s. His wife of 59 years, TV screenwriter
Patt Shea, said he died Sunday in Los Angeles.
The Rolling Stones performing at the Echoplex in Los Angeles on Saturday
(AP) – The legendary group Rolling Stones rocked a small club in Los Angeles on Saturday night for a minuscule crowd compared to the thousands set to see them
launch their "50 and Counting" anniversary tour a week later on May 3 at the
Staples Center.
The band kicked off Saturday’s hush-hush 90-minute concert at the Echoplex in the
hip Echo Park neighborhood with "You Got Me Rocking" before catapulting into a
mix of new and old material, as well as their bluesy covers of classics from Otis
Redding ("That’s How Strong My Love Is"), Chuck Berry ("Little Queenie") and
The Temptations ("Just My Imagination").
"Welcome to Echo Park, a neighborhood that’s always coming up — and I’m glad
you’re here to welcome an up-and-coming band," lead singer Mick Jagger joked
after the second song of the evening, "Respectable."
Despite clocking in several decades as a band, Jagger, drummer Charlie Watts
and guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood showed no signs of slowing down Saturday.
"[This is] the first show of the tour, probably the best one," Jagger said at the end
of the 90-minute set.
Sandy Kozel
Jerome "Jerry" Seinfeld is 59 today
